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S ARNAUD MEAT GRUSHBR, 61,0.

No. 472,973. Patented Apr. 19,1892.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,973, dated April19, 1892. Application flied January 29,1892. Serial No. 419,726. (Nomodel.) Patented in England July 28J 1888. No. 10,959.

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ARNAUD, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Maidenhead, Berks, England, have invented a new anduseful .Improved Machine .for Crushing or Grinding Meat and for Simi larPurposes, (partly covered by a patent granted to me inGreat Britain, No.10,959, dated July 28, 1888,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved machine for crushing and `grindingmeat and other fibrous materials to reduce them to the pasty or pulpycondition frequently required for cooking purposes, and is designed foruse in lieu of a pestle and mortar hitherto used.

My improved machine comprises a hollow casing having the shape of acylinder or of the frustum of a cone, the internal surface of which islongitudinally grooved or otherwise roughened. At or near one end ofthis casing is a hopper or opening for the introduction of the materialto be ground, and at the other end is an opening for the discharge ofthe ground material. Vithin this casing is a roller having a grooved orroughened surfaceand adapted to rotate in close contact with theinternal surface of the said casing, so that any material between thecasing and the roller is operated upon to reduce it to the requiredcondition. The grinding or crushing roller is supported in a suitablebearing or bearings in or upon the ends of the casing and the groovesupon the roller and the interior of the casing are formed spirally insuch a manner as to cause the gradual travel of the material through themachine. To the end of the grinding-roller is attached a knife orscraper having upon it a series of pins which serve to entangle anyuncrushed bers or sinews, and thus pr'event them from being deliveredwith the crushed meat. I arrange at the discharge end of the casing agrid or perforated plate through 'which the crushed meat is forced.

To enable my invention to be fully understood, Iwill describe how it canbe carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure lis a side elevation of a machine for crushing or grindingmeat and for similar purposes constructed according to myinvention,

and Fig. 2 is asection of the same on the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of the hollow casing, and Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the roller, both these latter figures being drawn to largerscale. Fig. 5 is a section of part of the casing on the line O D ofFig.v 3, and Fig. 6 is asection of part of the roller on the line E F ofFig. 4, the said Figs. 5 and 6 being drawn to a still larger scale. Fig.7 is a sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale, of one end of thepulping cylinder and roller, showing the scraper and pinsfor catchingthe fibers or sinews; and Fig. 8 is an end view of the same. Fig. 9 isasection on the line G H, Fig. 8.

Similar letters in alll the figures indicate similar parts.

a is the hollow casing, which is slightly conical, and h b are thegrooves formed therein, the said grooves running in a longitudinal andslightly spiral direction, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and beingpreferably shaped, as shown in Fig. 5.

c is the hopper at one end of the casing for the introduction of thematerial to be ground.

d is the grinding-roller, which is also couical to correspond with thecasing and adapted to rotate in close contact with the internal surfaceof the said casing a in a bearing formed in a plate a', fixed to one endof the casing, as represented in Fig. 1.

e and e are the grooves in the roller d. The grooves e are made of theform shown clearly in Fig. 6, and instead of being continuous arepreferably interrupted, as indicated in Fig. 4E. By making the grooves eof this shape and causing the roller to act against the longitudinalgrooves l) of the casing I produce a grinding or pulping action upon thematerial fed thereto, and in this respect my improved machine materiallydiffers from a mincing-machine which merely chops or cuts IOO means ofthe screw-shank g,) the said scraper being beveled upon its oppositesides, so as to form edges h h.

7l 7l are the pins secured to the blade or scraper g and serving tocatch the sinews, the, pms upon one side of the center of the bladebeing arranged to pass through the material undisturbed by the pins 011the other side of the center of the said blade.

j is the grid or perforated plate at the discharge end of the casingthrough which the crushed or ground material is forced and serving toarrest any sinews which may have escaped the pins t' e'. This grid orplate 7' is made removable, being held firmly against the packing-ring kby means of the clampingring Z, having claws m m engaging With inclinedribs n n upon the casing.

The casing a is cast with a foot o, Figs. l and 2, having a projection pformed with the teeth q, engaging with any part of a series of teeth a",formed on a clamping-bracket s, of which t represents theclamping-screw. This arrangement allows of the machine being readilyfixed to a table u, Fig. 1, or the like, it being only necessary forthis purpose to place the machine with the foot o at the edge of thetable u, and then to place the clamp s against the edge and under sideof the table, when the teeth q Will be located in some of the teeth o".By vthen giving one or two turns to the clamp-- ing-screw t the machineWill be securely fixedL to the table.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature ofmy saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim isl. A machine for crushing and grinding meat and forsimilar purposes, comprising a casing formed with substantiallylongitudinal grooves on its interior and provided with areceivingaperture or hopper, and a roller having a series 'of substantiallylongitudinal grooves adjacent to said hopper and having other portionsprovided with a series of grooves extending around said rollertransversely adjacent to the longitudinal grooves of the casing,substantially as described.

2. A machine for crushing and grinding meat and for similar purposes,comprising a casing formed Wi th substantially longitudinal grooves onits interior and provided with a receiving-hopper, and a roller having aseries portion of the cylinder, substantially as de scribed.

4. A machine for crushing or grinding meat and for similar purposes,comprising a casing formed with substantially longitudinal grooves, aroller adapted to be rotated therein and having grooves formed, asshown, a blade or scraper carrying a series of pinsv secured to the saidroller, and a grid or perforated'plate clamped over the discharge end ofthe casing, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

d SAMUEL ARNAUD.

VVitnessesf A. CAMPBELL, G. FLETCHER.

